a Stargate Atlantis fansite
this page last modified Oct. 16, 2008


This is the home of the fanfic writing of Sholio, a.k.a "friendshipper" on Livejournal. New stories and WIPs are usually posted first in my Livejournal and then archived here upon completion. Many of these stories can also be found on my fanfiction.net page.

Stories are listed with the newest on top. Check modified dates or the Livejournal for the latest updates.

Stargate Atlantis and all its wonderful characters belong to MGM and the Sci-Fi Channel, not to me. I only play with them.
Unless otherwise stated, all stories are gen. See story descriptions for pairings/warnings.


SGA: Long Stories
Stories over 20K words and/or chaptered


A Clear and Different Light     88K words; added to site 10-15-08     **NEW**
Co-written with Naye. Sheppard/McKay pairing plus lots of team. Fantasy AU in which Sheppard's a mage, Rodney's a whale rider, Teyla's a rune-scientist and Ronon has wings. Read story at SGA Big Bang's website (don't miss the illustrations!) or find additional side stories and artwork at the Whaleverse LJ community.

Ghost in the Machine     48K words; added to site 7-10-07    
Action, suspense, horror. Halloween story (though I realize it's nowhere near Halloween at the moment, it was when I started it!) Sheppard and McKay are trapped on a world with a malfunctioning Stargate, a monster ... and a mystery. Read story on one page here or on ff.net.

The Light of a Fading Sun     93K words; added to site 5-14-07    
Perhaps the only thing worse than blowing up 5/6 of a solar system is not blowing it up at all. A long, somewhat dark AU in which the characters drift apart following the Siege -- but the events on Doranda will have far-ranging and unexpected effects. And theirs will not be the only universe affected. Contains spoilers through Season 3's "Sunday". Read story on one page here or on ff.net.

Shattered Things     24K words; added to site 12-17-06
Action-adventure, mystery, drama, h/c. Rodney and Carson are lost on a world at war; the others try to find them. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Long Road Home     26K words; added to site 12-17-06
Drama, friendship, h/c, and very AU. You can run to the ends of the Earth, but you can't escape from yourself. An illegal immigrant, an emotionally and physically damaged veteran, and a border patrol agent who hates his job ... maybe they were destined to be friends in any universe. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

The Killing Frost     100K words; completed 10-2-06
Suspense, h/c, drama, team. All characters (with emphasis on McKay, Sheppard & Caldwell). A scientific mission gone wrong leaves the Daedalus stranded on an ice planet with Atlantis's top scientists and a ruthless saboteur. Will rescue come before injuries and the elements take their toll? General (mostly vague) spoilers for Season 2 plus one mild one for "McKay & Mrs. Miller". Read story on one page or at Fanfiction.net.

Candle in the Dark     26K words; completed 7-10-06
Action/adventure, h/c. Injured and trapped underground with a killer robot, Sheppard and McKay must rely on each other to survive. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Running on Empty     90K words; completed 6-5-06
Action/adventure, h/c, friendship. Sheppard and McKay are captured by Wraith, implanted with trackers and released to run and die. Spoilers through Season 2. Read story on one page or at Fanfiction.net.

Plumber's Helper     27K words; completed 5-4-06
Humor, team, friendship. Takes place between "Rising" and "Hide & Seek". As if the Wraith aren't bad enough, now the Atlantean plumbing is broken. Follows the beginnings of the McKay-Sheppard friendship. Read story on one page or at Fanfiction.net.

That Which is Broken     60K words; completed 4-16-06
Team, drama, h/c. Following the events of "Trinity", Teyla has a plan to repair the rift in her team ... but it may come at a terrible cost. Read story on one page or at Fanfiction.net.
Fan award 2006




SGA: Multimedia/Mixed Media Stories
Stories that aren't just prose


The Pegasus Galaxy Darwin Awards     Mixed media; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
The title says it all, really. Read story on Livejournal.

Pictures for Jeannie     Mixed media; added to site 12-24-07
Sequel to "Postcards to Jeannie"; Teyla sends photographs of the Pegasus Galaxy to her new friend. Spoilers for "McKay & Mrs. Miller" and "Return". Begin viewing the story (image intensive).

...Or the Doll Gets It     Mixed media; added to site 7-10-07    
Little Rodney and Jeannie's bedroom doors tell a story. Mild spoilers for "McKay & Mrs. Miller" and "Redemption". View story at SGA_Flashfic.

Spirit Dance     Mixed media; added to site 4-3-07    
Elizabeth really, really, really hates mission reports like this one; unfortunately she gets them a lot. Two images depicting a "typical" mission report from Team Sheppard. Read story here or on Livejournal.

Postcards to Jeannie     Mixed media; completed 10-1-06
Humor, team, friendship. Teyla starts sending postcards to Rodney's sister on Earth; soon everyone else joins the fun. Spoilers for Season 3 episode "McKay & Mrs. Miller". Begin viewing the story (several pages, image intensive).




SGA: Short Stories
Stories under 20K words


Night Ops     17,500 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Light McKay/Keller pairing; action, h/c. Rodney and Jennifer race a ticking clock to save Sheppard's life on a hostile, frozen world. Set in Season Four. Read story on Livejournal.

Untitled political fluff     900 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
No plot, really; just goofball verbal sparring between friends, heading into election season in their 'verse. Read story on Livejournal.

Knights Errant     5300 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Knight Rider fusion/AU. Pretty much total crack. Read story on Livejournal.

Luck of the Draw     4000 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Ronon-centric college AU, in which four unlikely housemates begin to forge a friendship. Read story on Livejournal.

The Great Pegasus Train Robbery     10,500 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Butch Cassidy AU. The Pegasus River Gang are about as effective at robbing trains as they are at saving galaxies. Read story on Livejournal.

Even Bonnie and Clyde Had Off Days     3200 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Teyla and Ronon get their own slightly wacky solo adventure. Read story on Livejournal.

Four Untitled Valentines Ficlets     5000 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Despite the title, and the holiday, these are all gen -- tales of greeting cards given and received, some heartwarming and others silly. Read story on Livejournal.

Second Verse (Same as the First)     3000 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
"The Marines call it the Planet of the Willing Virgins, you know." It's the "willing" part that's debatable. Dark, non-con situations, major issues. Read story on Livejournal.

Cold Comforts     5000 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Rodney falls down a glacier crevasse. Little else but shameless h/c, really. Read story on Livejournal.

In For Stormy Weather     6500 words; added to site 12-25-07    
Sheppard-HC Secret Santa story for Radioshack84; takes place in the first season. Read story here.

Between the Lines     6500 words; added to site 12-24-07
Sometimes you'd never dream of being friends with someone ... until getting stuck with them in another galaxy. Traces the development of John and Rodney's friendship. Read story on Livejournal or on Fanfiction.net.

Five Ways They Cheated Death (in our universe)     3100 words; added to site 12-24-07
There but for the grace, go they. Spoilers through Lifeline; written for sga-flashfic's Ways to Die Challenge. Read story on Livejournal or on Fanfiction.net.

Staring at the Sun     4700 words; added to site 12-24-07
Future AU, dark. Rodney used to think that death was the worst thing that could happen to them on a mission. He was wrong. Read story on Livejournal.

Safe     1100 words; added to site 12-24-07
Just a bit of team fluff. Read story on Livejournal.

In Heaven and Earth     1800 words; added to site 12-24-07
It gets bloody creepy here at night. Spoilers through Lifeline. Read story on Livejournal.

All That Glitters (Are Not ZPMs)     2800 words; added to site 12-24-07
Just an ordinary day on Atlantis -- with Rodney in pursuit of an alleged ZPM factory and everyone else along for the ride. Humor and Atlantis slice-of-life. Read story on Livejournal.

Songs of Athos     3000 words; added to site 12-24-07
Set in early Season 1. Teyla discovers Earth music, and rediscovers her own. Read story on Livejournal.

Artisan     1200 words; added to site 12-24-07
A glimpse of Ronon's childhood on Sateda. Read story on Livejournal.

Safe Harbor     1200 words; added to site 12-24-07
A bit of Ronon and Rodney h/c, because there isn't enough of it. Read story on Livejournal.

Golden     1340 words; added to site 12-24-07
Vaguely spoilery for the end of Season 3. Caldwell is not the only sailor who's ever had a sweetheart in a foreign port of call, nor the only one who's ever had to make a decision like this. Caldwell/OFC. Read story on Livejournal.

Five Ways They Weren't Pirates     6000 words; added to site 12-24-07
Like the title says ... a series of AU versions of the team as space pirates, sky pirates, etc. Mostly gen, but two contain background hints of het-ship, and one is John/Rodney slash. Read story on Livejournal.

Save the Whales     1300 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Humor. Rodney figured that if he bided his time long enough, an opportunity for revenge would come along. And, at long last, fate had smiled on him. Spoilers for Echoes; written for sga-flashfic's Sickness Challenge. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

The Color of Stone     9400 words; added to site 4-3-07    
An alien device turns the team members against each other in a desperate struggle to survive. Somewhat dark. Read story here or on Livejournal.

The Man in Black and the Baker's Daughter     5800 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Ford, OC. Follows "Irresistible", with implied spoilers; knowledge of the episode is helpful. This story was remixed by siriaeve as Wear the Black in Mournin' (The Pied Piper Remix) for Gateverse Remix. Read story here or on Livejournal.

Breathe     11K words; added to site 4-3-07    
Secret Santa story for Alipeeps. They all have their fears, and in the Pegasus Galaxy, fears are all too likely to come true. Sheppard and McKay whumping, friendship, humor. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Night Swimming     7800 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Zelenka/Teyla friendship and mild pairing. Radek set out to teach himself to swim, but it took a late-night encounter to make him realize that you can't always do everything alone, and there is no shame in leaning on others. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Christmas in the Holly-Free Zone     11K words; added to site 12-17-06
Friendship, humor, fluff. As an antidote to all the sappy Christmas stories out there, how about a funny one? It's the first Christmas on Atlantis. Sheppard's a candy cane, Kavanagh's an elf, Heightmeyer has a cunning plan to build team spirit, Elizabeth has a headache and Rodney's just boycotting the whole thing. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Blind Justice     16K words; added to site 12-17-06
Drama, friendship, h/c. He touched something he shouldn't have, and it killed him. But that's not the end, not when you have friends willing to drag you back. John/Rodney/Elizabeth friendship. Season 3 spoilers through Common Ground. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Whatever Can Go Wrong     3000 words; added to site 12-17-06
Humor; written for Secret Superpower Challenge on sga-flashfic. Babysitting as a teen, Elizabeth learned that when kids are noisy, everything is okay. When they get quiet ... that's when you know they're up to something. Unfortunately, she is about to learn the same is true of scientists. Small SG-1 crossover. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Old Soldiers Die Hard     8500 words; completed 9-17-06
Angst, friendship. The old guy in Room 30B was about the most disagreeable human being that the nurses had ever met. But he did get visitors ... including a retired Air Force Colonel. Spoilers for Season 3. Read story here or on my Livejournal or at Fanfiction.net.

Planet of the Elvii     4900 words; completed 7-9-06
Humor. A total crackfic written for my sister, in which Sheppard's team learns the perils of introducing Earth pop culture into the Pegasus Galaxy. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Empire     1900 words; completed 6-26-06
Written for sga_flashfic's Earthside Challenge. You can't go home again ... except sometimes you do. Season 2 spoilers. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Bad Dog, No Biscuit     13K words; completed 6-22-06
Humor, drama, team. It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt -- Ronon touches something he shouldn't have, and hilarity ensues ... until the side effects start to show up. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.




SGA: Episode Tags & Missing Scenes
Short-ish tags - long ones will be under "Long Stories" above


Colors Seen by Candlelight     1500 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
Tag for 5x06, "The Shrine". Rodney and Teyla have a chat. Read story on Livejournal.

All Our Heroes Have Feet of Clay     1600 words; added to site 10-16-08     **NEW**
During "Return", Radek seeks out someone from his past. Read story on Livejournal.

And to Dust They Return     1200 words; added to site 12-24-07
Doppelganger tag. Carter reflects on her new post, and misses her team. Read story on Livejournal.

Tie a Scarlet Ribbon     2200 words; added to site 12-24-07
A Teyla-centric AU tag for Lifeline. What if they didn't come back? Read story on Livejournal.

Faith and Mountains     1700 words; added to site 12-24-07
Season 3 spoilers; specific episode will be made clear in the story. Teyla knows that sometimes you must trust yourself, even when the world turns against you. Read story on Livejournal.

Anger Management     1400 words; added to site 12-24-07
Kate and John's therapy sessions after the events of "Phantoms" and "Common Ground". Read story on Livejournal.

Follow the Sun to the Ends of the World     17K words; added to site 12-24-07
Sunday tag. Rodney finds a way to cope, but the results are anything but good. Read story on Livejournal or on Fanfiction.net.

Losing Time     2500 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Critical Mass tag. In a just universe, the agony should have been followed by oblivion. But Steven already knows the universe isn't just. Read story here or on Livejournal.

Satedan Psychic Fever     1600 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Sateda tag, very very mild spoilers. Pegasus Galaxy natives aren't susceptible to Earth microbes, and vice versa, with a few regrettable exceptions. For sga-flashfic's Sickness Challenge. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

The Longest Mile     5600 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Sunday tag, with major spoilers for the episode. Sometimes the only thing that keeps us from falling apart, is the need to hold someone else together. Sheppard and McKay friendship. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Comrades in Arms     3900 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Kinda-sorta Vengeance tag (i.e. inspired by the episode, but not really spoiler-ish for it). One small "Tao of Rodney" spoiler. McKay Ronon friendship. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Monster Slayer     3000 words; added to site 12-17-06
Friendship, character study. "Tao of Rodney" missing scene with mild spoilers for the episode. Outsider POV of Sheppard attempting to do what he does best. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Three Kinds of Men     3500 words; added to site 12-17-06
Angst, drama, character study. "Irresponsible" tag with major spoilers. Sheppard was told that in war, there are three kinds of men. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Walking Wounded     1900 words; completed 8-23-06
Angst, friendship. "Grace Under Pressure" tag. The deepest wounds are not always those of the flesh, and Rodney's not the only one to carry scars. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Perchance to Dream     1900 words; completed 7-30-06
Drama, canon deathfic. She had come out of stasis many more times than she had told them. An Elizabeth-centric tag to "Before I Sleep". Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.

Regrets     3100 words; completed 7-16-06
Friendship, drama, gen. Epiphany tag, of sorts. Teyla, Sheppard, and a little bit of Rodney, a late night conversation in the cafeteria, and some regrets about roads not taken. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.




SG-1 & Crossovers
SG-1 stories or those that mix SGA with other universes


Carry Me Home     4100 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Slash, het and friendship; pairings include Teal'c/Sam, Teal'c/Cameron, and Teal'c/Daniel/Vala. Mature content. This is what he doesn't tell them -- missing scene/tag for "Unending", the SG-1 series finale, with very large spoilers. Read story here or at Livejournal.

Ships in the Night     500 words; added to site 4-3-07    
Missing scene for SG-1 episode "Road Not Taken", but really more of an Atlantis story. Sam couldn't fix a whole universe, but maybe she could fix one small thing. This could be taken as either gen or pre-slash depending on how you lean. Read story here or at Fanfiction.net.




Remixes & Tags for Others' Stories
because sharing the sandbox is half the fun


Selena of the Bears (Aesop's Choose Your Own Adventure Remix)     3300 words; added to site 10-15-08     **NEW**
Remix of Androcles and the Lion by Seleneheart. Carson/Ronon pairing. Ronon's transition from man on the run to his first couple of days in Atlantis, with extra bonus Satedan mythology. Read story at Gateverse Remix.

the deepest cut (leaves no mark to bear)     8200 words; added to site 12-24-07
Sequel to the mercy variant by Kodiak Bear Country. The team, especially Rodney, deal with the fallout from John's actions in Kodiak's story. Read story on Livejournal.

Help Me     2600 words; added to site 12-24-07
Sequel to Save Me by Kodiak Bear Country. I believe this would be the obligatory infirmary/post-injury-comfort scene. Read story on Livejournal.

The Lone and Level Sands     2000 words; added to site 12-24-07
A rather bleak and atmospheric tag for Message in a Bottle by Eildon Rhymer. Read story on Livejournal.

Earth on a Shoestring     3000 words; added to site 7-10-07    
Remix of SiegeOfAngels' $178.23. Sheppard's team, an SUV and an SGC expense account plus road trip equals trouble. Read story at Gateverse Remix.










A note on my stories:
Everything I write is totally available for sequels, remixes, tags or whatever. Want to write the mission report for the Elvis story, or rewrite Running on Empty as a McShep pornstravaganza? Want to use my OCs in your story? Go for it! There are no strings attached, although if you do, I would LOVE it if you could send me a link so I can see what you've done with them...